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STATE OF WIS. v. GLICK

No. 85-2035, 85-2036, 85-2043, 85-2044 and 85-2258.

782 F.2d 670 (1986)

STATE OF WISCONSIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew F. GLICK, Joseph Birkenstock, Donald Leist, Michael Dewane, and Samuel S. Misenko, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1986.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Hoornstra, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Andrew F. Glick, Whitelaw, Wis., Joseph Birkenstock, Michael Dewane, Manitowoc, Wis., Samuel S. Miseko, Newton, Wis., for defendants-appellants.

Before POSNER, COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

People saddled with mortgages may treasure the idea of having clean title to their homes. The usual way to obtain clean title is to pay one's debts. Some have decided that it is cheaper to write a "land patent" purporting to convey unassailable title, and to file that "patent" in the recording system. For example, Samuel Misenko, one of the appellants, drafted a "declaration of land patent" purporting to clear the title to an acre of land...

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